360 views of Gardens by the Bay

360 views at the domes in Gardens by the Bay and Skywalk.

Taken in 2020

Flower Dome

Cloud Forest Dome

Skywalk at Supertree 

Voyager in Google Earth App

I have been using Google Earth and have written on the use of it earlier. Here I would like to expand more on the use of Voyager in the Google Earth App as many students are using the Google Earth app in their mobile devices such as iPad.

The use of Google Earth has been great to understand the concepts of Space, Scale, Place and Environment in Geography

Games in Voyager

You can click on the wheel like icon to access Voyager. One of the category in Voyager is GAMES. I have recently gotten the students to play the game Where is Carmen Sandiego. 

When students click on an interviewee in the game, they will automatically zoom-in on the location of the interview. Just like in any other use of Google Earth, the students can zoom and pan around the area of detail.
Great for learning about places around the world! After talking to the witnesses, the students have to use the information to make their best guess as to where they should fly to next from a given list to pursue Carmen Sandiego.

A second version Tutankhamun’s Mask and a third version Keys to the Kremlin are also available under GAMES in Voyager. 

As the students play the game, they learn the names of the places they visit virtually. They can learn the uniqueness of the place which attract tourists and were reminded to relate it to what they have learned in the topic on tourism:

Places which attract tourists
Places of scenic beauty
Places with rich culture
Places with facilities
Places with conflicts

Another category under voyager is LAYERS. I love the one on Current Hurricanes & Tropical Storms which show the path of recent hurricanes and tropical storms. Tsunamis in History help students to see how large volcanic eruptions and underwater earthquakes can result in Tsunamis which impact on many regions. The students would acquire a greater sense of the scale of impact from the phenomena. 

Especially useful will the Timelapse under Layers. The students can explore the unique Earth's ecosystem which is covered in the new upper sec syllabus. Exploring the function, impacts and restoration of Earth's ecosystems under EDUCATION in Voyager. 

Love the one on Changing Forests under Timelapse in Google Earth. One can observe the changes over time on the changing landuse and how it impact on the forest in different parts of our Earth. The students will be able to investigate and respond to the geographical issue of deforestation in different parts of the world with a better understanding of Place, Space, Scale and Environment. 

The students can explore the unique Earth's ecosystem which is covered in the new upper sec syllabus. Exploring the function, impacts and restoration of Earth's ecosystems under EDUCATION in Voyager. 

Students can continue to explore the culture category in topics such as Orang Asal Indigenous Lands of Malaysia.

Voyager in Google Earth will allow the students to explore the world and have a better understanding of Place, Space, Scale and Environment. 

Climate code Red

 Check out this interactive on the impact of sea level rise on Singapore.

https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2022/01/singapore-protect-sea-levels-rise/index.html?shell

Do check out the other interactive resources I have posted @
http://geogshare.blogspot.com/2021/03/climate-change-resources.html

as well as another interactive story by ST on reducing CO2 emssion
http://geogshare.blogspot.com/2021/10/interactive-on-reducing-co2.html

E-Ped in GI

 

What is sustainable development?

The linkages between the sustainable development goals impact on the solutions. The more points you get for the project, the more sustainable. Synergies Vs tradeoff. Potential projects that can be submitted for sustainability.

What are planetary boundaries?

I like the workshop in the it allowed me to see sustainability not only for the environment but also the society and the economy.

Coastal GI 2022

Using Google Earth to compare the changes of ECP between 2010 and 2021

The following pictures and videos were taken during the fieldwork on 2 July 2022.

Explore the 360 video below.

Students crafted the hypotheses for geographical investigation.

Students were given the tide level table and weather forecast, prompting them why these are necessary.

Students recorded the data collected on the worksheet. At station B, they also input the weather data, wave frequency and longshore drift data onto a Google form in which the results are collected for group analysis.

Using Google Earth and image slider

 Using Google Earth, you can easily access the satellite image of the area in the past. Just click on the year which appears on the left bottom corner and it will bring up a time slider in the top left. Select the time period you want and screenshot the image. Examples are screenshot for ECP.

ECP 2010

ECP 2021

Using https://juxtapose.knightlab.com/ you can generate the image slider for easy comparison of the 2 images. You can embed it with the html code generated like below. Or just copy the link and give to the students

https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=0a47ee14-e230-11ec-b5bb-6595d9b17862

Students can easily compare the 2 images. How effective is the breakwaters in protecting the East Coast? You can see that there the beach has grown bigger, probably due to the greater amount of beach deposit.

A great way to compare the images in terms of spatial and temporal scales.

2022 Water GI Punggol Waterway

 

Google Earth File 2022

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y5Sen1cyzqd9Zvke2Vtm-v5664sQcI2ZzdSbS7JRz-k/edit#slide=id.gcac0af9ba4_1_3